Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-06-25
U GRADUATES.
Essays, Music and Comforting of
DfDlOmaH.

Essays, Music and Comforting o.
Diplomas.
All in sympathy with our educationists,
ss we'll as the sdmiring parents and enthu'
sisstio friends of the graduates, assembled
at the Opera House last evening to dc
honor 20 the graduating class of the Eu'
reka high school for the year 1887. II !,
needless to say that it was a fashionable
and cultured audience. The Opera House
was neatly decorated, the stage ta~stefully
arranged, and, Of course. the graduates
| appeared at their best. 1t gives pleasure
to our scribe to assent to the propriety OF
approving, forgetting censure, so uni
versal was the satisfaction given by the
| class in the rendition Of the exercises.
The names of the members Of the class
are as follows: Mamie Steler, Louise
Loschenkohl, Efie Webster, Bert Swee-
ney, Charles L. Clark and Victor Lamotte.
The color chosen as the emblem of the
class is h~eliotrope, and their motto is
He Conquers Who Endures." In con-
temptation of this, their guiding idea, let
them feel a deep sense Of gratitude that
they live in a country where foremost it
may be said that knowledge, like light
communicated from one torch to another,
is presently caught and copiously diffused,"
and remember, that as they set out into
the world, metaphorically, Of course, the
trials, demanding an enduring and pom.
quering spirit, are TO come, and that in
their studies they have but a skeleton Of
notes and criticisms that must be builded
upon.
After an overture by the Eureka Or
chestral Union, which was superbly
given, Miss Louise Loschenkohl, the
salutatorian Of the class, walked to the
front of stage and charmingly read her
essay entitled "Perspectives."
In this brief glance of mans develop.
ment, this bright thought caught the re-
portorial ear: "These few, among the in
Vulnerable works of man with which he
comes in contact every day. impress us
with awe and admiration. He has util-
lied the power of steam, the flowing
of the water, the motion of the atmos-
phere, gravitation and electricity-those
unseen forces which pervade the universe.
Ali creative man. without your works
this earth would be . dresry wilderness"
Miss Mamie Steler then acclaimed
~Teunyson's weird "Rizpah," receiving a
warm encore. She has q good voice, and
gave q powerful and vivid expression to
the poets thoughts. energy of Thought"
was the subject Of the original address
delivered by Bert Sweeney. 1t was a
worthy effort. He said:
at connects heaven and earth so
closely and intimately with the stairway
OF fsreseeing thought that we may mount,
with perfect ease and safety, into the
realms beyond the avenues of space in
cars propelled by the untiring force OF
thought which overcomes all resistance"
Miss Fife Webster and Victor La
motto followed and sweetly q "Tell
Us, Merry Birds" An Grafton on ''The
Stability OF Nations" was then delivered
by Charles L. Clark. 1t showed much
thought and was well rendered. He said:
"a most important foundation OF a
nation ia morality. No family, no peo-
pie, NO nation can exist that does not
observe the everlasting principles of
morality. IL is the cornerstone OF q
government. and is everywhere recog-
nized. \ \ n Nations come and go like
bubbles on the running brook, but God
does not change, and morality, which is
His will for man, changes no more than
He."
An essay on "Stratifed Rocks" by
mlhB ELQo N6DbtcE iOAiOWCAs ~ ~
| ceiyed the close attention Of the audi
ence and merited it. She said:
1.-THE history of man is found in the
| record Of human events among successive
| peoples of the globe until within this
present century the history Of his own
acts has been the only one which man
has deigned to study. Gradually he has
| recognized in the ground upon which he
| s-aaIa a hiufnpu On anciank that hia NUN
may we'll be classed as modern in com
parison."
Bert Sweeney recited "Catiline De-
nounced' in fine style. and Miss Web.
ster sang "Called Back to Thee" This
young lady has q very sweet soprano
voice and her solo met with warm rec
cognition. Victor Lamotte came to the
footlights and delivered in a praise
worthy manner an Grafton on "The
Confines of q Nation" He said:
mot with material bounds do we
measure their extent. but with the great
national characteristic which will control
the present and influence the future, moi
by the circumference of authority. but by
the great measure of the lives OF q ma
tion's citizens"
The valedictory and essay styled
"Crossing the Rubicon" was read by
Miss Mamie Steler. In speaking OF the
Rubicon she said:
mot for what 1t is, but for what II
symbolizes, is this streamlet known. Te
a traveller searching for the features Of
the landscape. it would be passed by
with q glance; to a student OF thu
worlds history. it suggests q train Of
vast consequences. reaching on through
the centuries. To Rome, when Caesar
knew it, 1t meant the boundary of hi
Gallo province; to all nations n al
times after Caesar, its name has brought
before the mind the changes and events
which have formed the worlds history
Her words of farewell were PARTICULAR.
beautiful. and her essay Throughout
showed marked ability. Each of the
graduates was bountifully remembered
with gifts and flowers.
R. M. Beatty, Esq, with appropriate
remarks to the graduates, presented the
diplomas. His kind words will lingo
long in appreciative minds.
The class song, composed by Miss Los
chenkohl. and set to music by William
Sampson, was then sung. which con
cluded the exercises. Thereupon the foo
waa cleared. and dancing continued IN